Wednesday, January 19, 2011

On a global level, people rave about the original Mandarin Oriental hotel, and I understand that. If you come to Hong Kong as a visitor it's nice to stay in hotels that fetishize all that's good about local culture. When I go to Thailand, I want to pretend I live in a gilded Thai palace. But for us locals, I do think The Landmark Mandarin Oriental offers something else -- a really good creative team that takes risks and thinks big, in a classy way.

Take MO Bar, for instance. Its private concerts featuring the likes of Alicia Keys, John Legend, Kelly Clarkson and Wyclef Jean are legendary. Some are better than others -- a sweaty Wyclef, for example, climbed onto a bar and travelled the room on some other dude's shoulders. A shorter-than-you'd-think John Legend, however, played his new album and kind of bopped in his chair for half an hour before getting down to business.

Now, to get down to business. While the Guerlain tea set is no longer available as of December, we have one of the gift sets left over to give away. This sweet little gold box contains a perfume sample, Abeille Royale youth serum and a mini lipstick in a very flattering shade (which is nice, for once). To win this, all you have to do is email giveaway@hkfashiongeek.com with the subject "MO Bar giveaway". RT the giveaway on twitter (make sure to @hkfashiongeek or @cko01 so we know!), or tag yourself in the Guerlian gift set photo uploaded on our Facebook fan page to get EXTRA entries. The winner will be chosen at random with a number generator and contacted via email two weeks from now. This contest is only open to Hong Kong residents.